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Original title: Cheap Detective, The
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 13, 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 32 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures Corporation, EMI Films Ltd., Rastar Pictures
Studio Columbia Pictures
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Other Titles
• The Cheap Detective (1978)
• Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective
• Der Schmalspurschnüffler (1978)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Comedy, Detectives, Spoof, Suspense, Satire, Investigation, Infidelity, Femme Fatale
Tagline: Who dunnit? This time it's Neil Simon who's really dunnit.
Plot: Neil Simon's spoof of CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON, among others, tells the story of private detective Lou Peckinpaugh (Falk), a man accused of killing his own partner. As Peckinpaugh follows a trail of looney characters around San Francisco, he uncovers a plot involving a dozen diamonds hidden in an egg carton. Meanwhile, he also attempts to help members of the French Resistance find safe passage to Oakland. In addition to all this lunacy, he must assist the group in the search for their missing Liquor License. It was stolen by a Member of the Nazi Party -- which just so happens to be based in Cincinnati! Falk is hysterical in this entertaining send-up of classic cinema.
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| Written by |
Neil Simon
The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners, Biloxi Blues |
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| Cast |
Peter Falk
The Princess Bride, Shark Tale, The Sky Above Berlin |
 | Ann-Margret
Any Given Sunday, Grumpy Old Men, The Break-Up |
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 | Louise Fletcher
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Cruel Intentions, 2 Days in the Valley |
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 | Marsha Mason
2 Days in the Valley, Nick of Time, Bride & Prejudice |
 | Phil Silvers
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Summer Stock |
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